Today's episode is from my appearance on After Hours Entrepreneur Podcast with Mark Savant.

Mark and I are going to discuss the only way to stop you from getting to where you want to be

and the number one thing you should focus on being kind to your

future self. Let me know if you've enjoyed today's episode by tweeting me at

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David Melter welcome the show.

Ah, thank you so much. This is my kind of place to be.

I am a side hustler so I'm excited to be here.

Love it, love it. Me as well glad to have you here and I want to get right into it.

You've worked with tons and tons of people over your years here on Earth and I'm curious what is the common

denominator that you see in successful entrepreneurs? Not only successful

entrepreneurs but celebrities, athletes, entertainers, billionaires, billionaires millionaires and entrepreneurs the most common denominator is simply that they must be what they can be

The only way people stop you from being what you can be is when you quit.

99% of the people quit before they're 25% of the way there.

Of the 1% that continue on, another 99% quit before they're 50% of the way there. The 1% of the 1% simply are people that

must be what they can be. They see pain as a turn signal, not a stop sign. They just

keep moving in an angling in a different direction and they end up in a place

better than they ever thought they'd be. So that's an interesting point. You must be what you can be. So what that sounds a lot like to me is perseverance right persevering

because that's that's really difficult especially when you start comparing

yourselves to all these huge business owners and entrepreneurs like like

yourself but one things I kind of struggle with and I'm kind of curious for your opinion on this David is

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